The United States has probably experienced more immigration over the past 200 years than any other country, and as such, we are used to the debate around immigration and its positives and negatives. For Europe, however, the Syrian Refugee Crisis poses an immigration problem of unprecedented level in those countries and it is difficult to know exactly how Europeans feel about the issue and what it signifies for them. Therefore, for me, Professor Holly Case’s talk was particular valuable because of her ability to give perspective on this, at least from the point of view of Hungarians. One of the most intriguing things I thought she mentioned was the metaphor that has been used to sum up the spheres of thought on the issue, that of the Spaceship and the Life Raft. The idea of the Spaceship was that the fates of all people are tied to one another so it is best to share resources whereas the Life Raft represented the concept of a finite amount of resources and space that can either be shared among some people or none at all. Professor Case further added that the split between these two camps of thought had actually become so divisive that people were breaking off friendships because of differing views and no moderate view about the issue seemed to exist. In my opinion, while the people U.S. may have some similarities in the way they view immigration, the subject has not nearly been so divisive at least in recent years and described in terms of survival. I believe that it is perhaps not only the newness and scale of this issue in Europe that has driven people to these extreme viewpoints, but also the relative size of the problem. Whereas the U.S. is an enormous country that is very heterogeneous, each European country is relatively small and has a culture and people that have been there for millennia. Professor Case also remarked that most Syrians that arrive in Hungary usually do not stay there and most Hungarians do not actually come into contact with migrants, and yet the issue is still the most important topic in the country at the moment, signifying that this will most likely be an important issue for all Europeans for the foreseeable future.